tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570801609581631361.post7697754480469309976..comments2024-03-06T17:02:32.359-08:00Comments on the asshat lounge: Farewell to the Smoke- Part 1- All the Places that DiedKonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13865029570865495659noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570801609581631361.post-63385763659562143172011-04-20T15:45:58.868-07:002011-04-20T15:45:58.868-07:00I miss the old duckpin bowling alley, where pin bo...I miss the old duckpin bowling alley, where pin boys were actually employed. It shut down in the mid-70's and was the perfect spot for a greasy breakfast hangover cure. Seems everything's a franchise now. But not entirely. ;)Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06694559900539722616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570801609581631361.post-1647015480906370002011-04-14T13:37:10.364-07:002011-04-14T13:37:10.364-07:00I get it. All of the places I worked at throughout...I get it. All of the places I worked at throughout HS are gone. Used bookstore, Hobson video, a 100 year old horse farm got run out by new, giant houses whose owners complained to the city about the SMELL of the HORSE FARM they MOVED ADJACENT TO.Rassleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12370070146085209687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570801609581631361.post-10054449931197657712011-04-12T08:34:55.260-07:002011-04-12T08:34:55.260-07:00I stopped going to Joe's around the time of th...I stopped going to Joe's around the time of the stink. So I’m lucky that it's forever frozen in my memory at its peak. With that wee little Indian dude and Spider and pool games with firemen and PFL and throwing pitchers at Bob and Danke Schoen and that chick who said: 'raise the roof'.Gulfboot Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08452193284776669303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570801609581631361.post-65525614518964939412011-04-11T09:06:36.671-07:002011-04-11T09:06:36.671-07:00It's weird for me to drive through where I gre...It's weird for me to drive through where I grew up - what used to be wide open fields filled with actual cows is now strip malls, restaurants and other sterile buildings. There are no more familiar landmarks! So strange.sybil lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13629349319977383547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570801609581631361.post-46343647600490824762011-04-11T08:32:42.054-07:002011-04-11T08:32:42.054-07:00thank you for this. sad. but thank you.thank you for this. sad. but thank you.garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18390337286772352264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570801609581631361.post-48670537156647789822011-04-11T07:08:14.302-07:002011-04-11T07:08:14.302-07:00I like this post. It's got my mind spinning t...I like this post. It's got my mind spinning thinking about all the places that are no longer in Phoenix. To me it makes me sad, especially being away and going home and expecting to see places and suddenly you don't even know what intersection you're at because it's been completely changed. It's like losing an old friend to see places like that go down. In Tempe they got rid of an entire strip mall of dive bars, diners, and record shops for a giant Borders Bookstore, a monstrosity of a building that now sits empty from the recession. Those little dives I'm sure would have made it through - they were cheap and good and had a loyal customer base.Blueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014949557018388159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570801609581631361.post-39375587155308800792011-04-11T01:22:22.082-07:002011-04-11T01:22:22.082-07:00you make lists of the bars that have disappeared. ...you make lists of the bars that have disappeared. I make lists of the beautiful old independent movie houses that sadly no longer exist...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570801609581631361.post-35439156997577439012011-04-10T19:43:45.772-07:002011-04-10T19:43:45.772-07:0020 years from now, are the "kids" going ...20 years from now, are the "kids" going to be lamenting the loss of that AMAZING Qdoba, or that Chili's that used to be on the corner where we'd hang out after work....daisyfaehttp://daisyfae.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com